On 23/10/2014 10:48 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
Le 23/10/2014 14:47, Ron Wheeler a écrit :
There should be a note on the home page
and download page
It would be a good time to think about the OndOfSupport and EndOfLife
for 12.xx. and 13.xx.
What does EOS mean (or more important - what does Support mean prior
to EOS
What does EOL mean and what happens between EOS and EOL.
I'm not a fervent supporter of planned dates, I find they are often
postponed. Thought a deadline during a year seems reasonable, it gives
you enoufh flexiblity (and an open source project needs it, we have no
clients, just users)
It is always just a guideline but it does give users a sense of what the
environment will be.
The project is old enough to have some sense of its own history and
should be able to set some goals for support.
Adding clarity also makes it easier for contributors to get involved.
If there is no leadership in these areas, it is hard for people to see
what is required.
If the PMC says that 12.04. will reach EOS on January 1, 2015 and EOL on
March 31, 2015, the companies that want to stay on this release know
that they have to step up to the plate with a plan and resources to
extend this.
If the PMC is vague about this, no one knows that they have to take action.
If the companies do not want to step up then they know that they have
2-5 months to get on 13.07.01 and will have to step up to the plate with
resources and a plan to address the features that were dropped between
12 and 13 if they need them.
The current method of working means that anyone wanting to use OFBiz has
to fork it the way that the core PMC members do.
This makes it hard to grow the project and probably reduces the profits
for all the companies using OFBiz as a base of their business.
Ron
Jacques
Ron
On 23/10/2014 7:36 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote:
OK, it's now 4 days w/o answers, so I guess everybody agree and I
remove R11.04 from the Fix/versions multi-dropdown in Jira.
It finally seems no changes are necessary in the Download page.
Jacques
Le 19/10/2014 12:04, Jacques Le Roux a écrit :
Hi,
We decided to label as "Old superseded releases" the
antepenultimate release (today R11.04). This means also that we
tend to no longer support this release and those before.
So I think we should remove it from the Fix/versions in Jira
multi-dropdown in Jira. What about the Download page?
Also it was maybe intended to be done later, but I began to fill
the Fix/versions for some Jira fixed by the last bug crush HWM team
effort. Please committers, if it's an oversight, remember we use
them in releases change logs.
Jacques
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